Locals and Redditors alike are baffled by a haul of 60 elaborately engraved silver metal cubes pulled from the River Sowe in Coventry in central England. A keen-eyed Redditor has identified them as ...

The Rubik's Cube dates to my childhood, when it was for leaving on a desk to be fiddled with — or, for a select few strange birds, for actually solving, sometimes very quickly. At that time, knowing ...

The simple Rubik's Cube is a harder problem than most people realize. Using the currently provided best algorithm for solving the cube, for example, would take the computer you're reading this on now ...

Keeping your noggin busy is known to boost cognitive performance, sharpen memory, and aid focus and attention. Some even reckon that regular brain workouts can stave off the symptoms of dementia.

A maths whizz who solved a Rubik's Cube in less than seven seconds held an event for champions to pit their puzzle solving skills against each other. Ben Whitmore, is constantly striving to set a new ...

Solving one Rubik’s Cube can be a tricky task for most us but for one maths magician the colourful puzzle is a piece of cake. Stanford University student Ravi Fernando has taken multi-tasking to a new ...

An engineer noted for his ability to visualize three-dimensional structure was having coffee and doughnuts. Before he dropped a sugar cube into his cup, he placed the cube on the table and thought, ...

A carpenter, working with a buzz saw, wishes to cut a wooden cube, three inches on a side, into 27 one-inch cubes. This can be easily done by making six cuts through the cube, keeping the pieces ...